Juneteenth

juneteenth English 2020 June 19 Etymology vertical Juneteenth general order3.jpg A sheet of military orders containing General Order No. 3 of June 19, 1865, issued by General Gordon Granger. It begins: “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. [...]” Emancipation Day celebration - 1900-06-19.jpg Participants in a Juneteenth celebration in 1900. en June nineteenth,n 252044 September 2004 1; juneteenth n commemorating the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when Union Army General Gordon Granger (1821–1876) issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, to enforce President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of September 22, 1862. The General Order stated that all previously enslaved people in Texas were now free. The word entered wider usage after becoming a federal holiday in 2021. Pronunciation en /ˌd͡ʒuːnˈtiːnθ/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Juneteenth.wav Southern England en /ˌd͡ʒunˈtinθ/ GA en En-us-Juneteenth.mp3 GA en iːnθ 2 en June teenth Proper noun ~ en US Also more fully as Juneteenth Day: the United States national holiday commemorating the end of slavery, observed on June 19. en Black Independence Day Emancipation Day Freedom Day Jubilee Day en Local news Brenham Weekly Banner Brenham, Tex. J[ohn] G. Rankin 25 June 1891 XXVI 26 [7] https://www.newspapers.com/image/68044659 1 14369205 There waswere not so many colored people in the city as usual on Saturday evening, all of them, very near, being out at the "Juneteenth siliibration." en Watermelons are Moving Fruit Trade Journal and Produce Record New York, N.Y. Fruit Trade Journal Company 15 June 1912 XXXXVII 10 12 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112106851220&view=1up&seq=180 9295677 If there is plenty of sunshine within the next ten days there will be sufficient supply of watermelons in Southwest Texas to take care of the "Juneteenth" celebrations of San Antonio's colored population. en Julia Walcott Hoffman I Pearl o’ Great Price or A Woman’s ’Sperience Chicago, Ill. Gift and Music Shop 1921 11 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.1000026522&view=1up&seq=23 39069637 "'Twere Juneteenth day," she began reverentially, "when my light firs' broke. The darkies all bunched up down in the live oak grove were a-singin' an' a-dancin', 'spressin' their glory 'cause they warnt no mo' slaves nohow.["] en Hubert Anthony Shands VIII White and Black New York, N.Y. Harcourt, Brace and Company 1922 50 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b312484&view=1up&seq=58 791788 "But whut if it rains?" asked Josy. "It always do rain on Juneteenth." / "Dat's jes' de way of it," said John. "Someone is always a-th'owin' cold water on eve'ything I does." en J. Frank Davis Episode I. Juneteenth and Joada Almanzar Evarts, Hero Macon, Ga. J. W. Burke Company 1925 13–14 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b799036&view=1up&seq=20 2199617 He had invited her to attend the Juneteenth picnic as his guest all day. And now he had done something that never, in all his life, had he heard of any colored boy doing before—planned an expensive outing right on the eve of the big annual event. [...] "Juneteenth"—white people also pretty generally use the phrase—is their Emancipation Day, and it is the one day in the year when every Caucasian is supposed to consider the comfort and enjoyment of his negro friends ahead of his own. en J[ohn] Mason Brewer Juneteenth J[ames] Frank Dobie Tone the Bell Easy Publications of the Texas Folk-lore Society no. 10 Austin, Tex. Texas Folk-lore Society 1932 8–54 https://muse.jhu.edu/chapter/2471788 1904196 Truck drivers, business men, and school teachers belonging to the racial group have told me tales, but the best of tale-tellers has been some ex-slave buoyed up by the spirit of a Nineteenth of June celebration—the "Juneteenth"—the day on which all colored people in the South commemorate the freedom of their race from slavery. The significance of the day is so great and the tales I have collected are so bound up with the legalized slavery which, in 1865, this day put an end to, that I have used Juneteenth as a title. Nobody who does not understand a Juneteenth celebration can ever understand the Negro or his songs and tales. en Writers’ Program, Work Projects Administration, Texas Folklore and Folkways Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State American Guides Series New York, N.Y. Hastings House 1940 1943 part I (Texas: Yesterday and Today) 97 https://books.google.com/books?id=RmS4RIl4W-AC&pg=PA97 479997144 The annual celebration by Negroes of June 19—the day when emancipation from slavery became effective in the State [...]—is general; few Texas Negroes would consider working on "Juneteenth" if it can be avoided. The holiday is generally observed by a picnic at which everyone eats, dances and sings to his heart's content. en William H. Wiggins, Jr. Following the Freedom Trail O Freedom!: Afro-American Emancipation Celebrations Knoxville, Tenn. w:University of Tennessee Press 1987 2000 5 https://books.google.com/books?id=5qr8cRUJC-cC&pg=PA5 978-0-87049-520-5 As I chewed on my extra-hot barbecue sandwich, Mr. Artis Lovelady, the vendor and celebration sponsor, explained why he was having a Juneteenth observance: "I just wanted to do something, just wanted to kinda bring back old times and let the younger people see what we used to do to celebrate it on account of our Emancipation Proclamation." en w:Michael Kammen The Civil War Remembered—but Unreconciled Mystic Chords of Memory: The Transformation of Tradition in American Culture 1st Vintage Books New York, N.Y. w:Vintage Books 1991 February 1993 part 2 (Circa 1870 to 1915) 122 https://books.google.com/books?id=CyQF6pKZ61YC&pg=PA122 978-0-679-74177-0 But what they [black people] chose to emphasize by means of traditional activities each year was the memory of gaining freedom. Consequently in African-American communities, especially in the South, a day of prayer, preaching, and festivities usually known as "Juneteenth" came to be observed [...]. en w:Ralph Ellison 7 w:John F. Callahan Juneteenth: A Novel New York, N.Y. w:Random House 1999 131 https://archive.org/details/juneteenthnovel00elli/page/131/mode/1up 978-0-394-46457-2 There's been a heap of Juneteenths before this one and I tell you there'll be a heap more before we're truly free! en W[illiam] Fitzhugh Brundage Celebrating Black Memory in the Postbellum South The Southern Past: A Clash of Race and Memory Cambridge, Mass.; London The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2005 55 https://books.google.com/books?id=gNur7ykIk0sC&pg=PA55 978-0-674-01876-1 On June 19, 1883, an eighteen-gun salute on the plaza in front of the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, signaled the start of the annual Juneteenth observance. en Thad Sitton; James H. Conrad Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings Freedom Colonies: Independent Black Texans in the Time of Jim Crow Jack and Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture no. 15 Austin, Tex. w:University of Texas Press 2005 105 https://books.google.com/books?id=O_v9DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA105 978-0-292-70618-7 Proud Pelham in Navarro County had a long history of major Juneteenths. Every year on June 19, pigs and goats roasted over open pits or old bedsprings, while fish deep-fried in lard in big washpots hung from trees. en Lena C. Taylor Announcements, Adjournment Honors, and Remarks under Special Privilege State of Wisconsin Senate Journal: Ninety-ninth Regular Session w:Wisconsin State Senate Madison, Wis. State Printer 17 June 2009 218 https://books.google.com/books?id=f3AjAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA218 2 35595536 Senator Taylor, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of "Juneteenth Day," to symbolize the struggle for freedom and equality in the United States. [...] Indeed, Juneteenth Day is much more about the future than the past. It is a day where we gather to continue the struggle. We all realize the true freedom still eludes many of us. en Seth Cohen No More Excuses – It’s Time to Declare Juneteenth a Federal Holiday https://web.archive.org/web/20200614212359/https://www.forbes.com/sites/sethcohen/2020/06/14/no-more-excuses---its-time-to-declare-juneteenth-a-federal-holiday/#e37c37e45eb7 14 June 2020 w:Forbes New York, N.Y. Forbes, Inc. 14 June 2020 0015-6914 1088420850 [M]aking Juneteenth a federal holiday is both urgent and necessary. [...] A Juneteenth federal holiday would be more than a "day off," but one filled with educational experiences about the institution and affliction of slavery, community conversations on race and reconciliation, and cultural experiences that bring the history, challenges, and contributions of Black Americans to the forefront of the nation's consciousness. Alternative forms en juneteenth Translations holiday celebrated in the U.S. on June 19, commemorating the end of slavery Arabic: ar جونتينث jūntīnṯ Catalan: ca Juneteenth m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 黑奴解放日 French: fr Juneteenth m German: de Emanzipationtag m, de Freilassungtag m Japanese: ja ジューンティーンス jūntīnsu Polish: pl Teksański Dzień Emancypacji m, pl Dzień Wyzwolenia m Portuguese: pt Dia da Emancipação m Spanish: es Día de la Emancipación m References Further reading en Category:Juneteenth en American Civil War Holidays Nineteen